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WATERDEN, John (d.1435), of Bishop’s Lynn, Norf.

Family and Education
?s. of Thomas Waterden† and prob. yr. bro. of Richard*.
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Member of council of 24, Bishop’s Lynn 20 Sept. 1432–d. Norf. RO, King’s Lynn bor. recs., hall bk. 1431–50, KL/C 7/3, ff. 28, 56v.

Main residence: Bishop’s Lynn, Norf.
Waterdene, Watirden
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Commons 1422-1461
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WASTNES, John (c.1405-59), of Headon cum Upton, Notts.

Family and Education
b. c.1405, s. and h. of William Wastnes (d.1420) by his w. Ellen (fl.1434). Yorks. IPM (Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. lix), 159. m. (1) ?da. of Bussy of Hougham, Lincs., 1s. (2) by Feb. 1451, Joan (fl.1474), da. of Thomas Boson of Syerston, Notts., sis. of Henry Boson*, 1s. According to the ped. recorded during the heraldic visitation of 1530, his wife was a daughter of Bussy of Lincolnshire, but this is the only evidence for such a match: Heraldic Vis. of Northern Counties (Surtees Soc. xli), 8. That he was married to Joan Boson by 1451 is established by the will of her bro.: Borthwick Inst. Univ. of York, York registry wills, prob. reg. 2, f. 216v. She presented to the church of Headon in May 1474: Clergy of N. Notts. (Thoroton Soc. xx), 97. Dist. 1430, 1439.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Notts. 1425, 1426, 1432, 1433, 1447, 1449 (Nov.), 1453.

Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 4 Nov. 1441 – 6 Nov. 1442, 17 Nov. 1456 – 7 Nov. 1457.

Escheator, Notts. and Derbys. 18 Feb.-29 Nov. 1451. Appointed in succession to his brother-in-law, Henry Boson, who died in office, he accounted from 7 Dec. 1450: E136/167/5.

Commr. of inquiry, Notts. May 1455 (enclosures made by the prior of Newstead); He sat as a commr. at Nottingham on 27 Oct. 1455: CIMisc. viii. 234. arrest July 1455 (defaulting collectors of fifteenth and tenth), E159/231, commissiones Trin. July 1458 (William Meryng); sewers July 1458.

J.p. Notts. 20 Nov. 1458 – d.

Main residence: Headon cum Upton, Notts.
Wastneys, Wasteneys, Wastenesse
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Commons 1422-1461
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WASKHAM, Robert, of Portsmouth, Hants.

Family and Education
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Clerk in Chancery ? by May 1443 – ?60.

Commr. of array, hundreds of Bishop’s Sutton, Bountisborough, East Meon and Finch Dean, Hants Sept. 1457.

Clerk of the peace, Hants 1464–71. E. Stephens, Clerks of Counties, 93; KB9/318/32d; 326/38d.

Main residence: Portsmouth, Hants.
Waaskham, Waskam, Wasshcam, Weskeham
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Commons 1422-1461
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WARYN, John (d.1450), of Bishop’s Lynn, Norf.

Family and Education
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Member of the council of 24, Bishop’s Lynn Mich. 1430–d.; Norf. RO, King’s Lynn bor. recs., hall bk. 1431–50, KL/C 7/3, ff. 1, 292v. mayor 1435 – 36, 31 Oct. 1444-Mich. 1445. Ibid. ff. 56v, 194v.

Scabin, Holy Trinity guild, Bishop’s Lynn Trin. 1431 – 32; alderman by 29 May 1439–28 Aug. 1446; Ibid. ff. 94v, 108v, 209, 222v, 226; King’s Lynn bor. recs., accts. scabins Trin. guild, 1431–2, 1438–9, KL/C 38/15, 17. master, Corpus Christi guild June 1438-May 1440. King’s Lynn bor. recs., treasurers’ accts. Corpus Christi guild, 1438–40, KL/C 57/20–21.

J.p. Bishop’s Lynn 28 Feb. 1437 – July 1444.

Main residence: Bishop’s Lynn, Norf.
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WARWICK, William (d.1446), of Salisbury, Wilts.

Family and Education
s. of Nicholas Warwick by his w. Agnes. m. by Feb. 1425, Joan (fl.1451), da. of Robert and Christine –, Wilts. Feet of Fines (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xli), 402; CPR, 1446-52, p. 48. prob. s.p.
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Mayor of Wilton Oct. 1414–15. Dorset Hist. Centre, Weld of Lulworth Castle mss, D/WLC/T327.

Member of the council of 24, Salisbury by Oct. 1416-Jan. 1445; First General Entry Bk. Salisbury (Wilts. Rec. Soc. liv), 167, 396. mayor 2 Nov. 1424–6, 1439–41; Ibid. 246–7, 249–50, 252–4, 348–9, 353–8, 356–8; C241/219/23, 29, 50, 65; 228/45; 229/10, 16; 230/59, 68. auditor 13 Jan. 1436. First General Entry Bk. 311.

Commr. of array, Salisbury Mar. 1440.

Main residence: Salisbury, Wilts.
Warewyke, Warrewyk, Warwike, Warwycke, Warwyke
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WARTON, Hugh, of Leominster, Herefs.

Family and Education
prob. yr. s. of William Warton (d. by 1422) of Wharton, Herefs., by his w. Agnes (fl. 1429); bro. and h. of William Warton (d. by 1436) of Wharton. m. at least 1s.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Leominster 1433.

Yeoman of the Crown by 31 Aug. 1422 – d.

Keeper of the King’s artillery and armour in the castles of Chester and N. Wales 1 Feb.-d. or 30 Dec. 1437.

Main residence: Leominster, Herefs.
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WARTER, Richard, of York.

Family and Education
s. of William Warter of Bugthorpe, Yorks., by his w. Joan. m. (1) Alice Lokton (d.1421), 1da.; (2) bef. 1423, Alice, da. of John Morton† (d.1434) of York, by his w. Margaret, 1s. Test. Ebor. ii. (Surtees Soc. xxx), 136; York Minster Lib., Dean and Chapter wills, 1, f. 206; Borthwick Inst., Univ. of York, York registry wills, prob. reg. 3, f. 400; 4, ff. 115v-16v.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, York 1426, 1437, 1442, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1460.

Chamberlain, York 3 Feb. 1426–7; sheriff Mich. 1429–30; member of the council of 12 by 6 Nov. 1433 – d.; mayor 3 Feb. 1436–7, 1451–2. York Memoranda Bk. iii (Surtees Soc. clxxxvi), 158; York City Chamberlains’ Acct. Rolls, 1396–1500 (Surtees Soc. cxcii), 209–10.

Commr. to treat for loans, York Feb. 1436; of sewers Mar., May 1442; oyer and terminer Apr. 1447; gaol delivery Feb. 1448, Apr., Nov. 1451, Feb. 1452. C66/465, m. 12d; 472, m. 8d; 474, m. 16d.

Parlimentarian
Main residence: York.
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WARRE, Richard (c.1425-82), of Hestercombe in Kingston, Som. and Pitton, Wilts.

Family and Education
b. c.1425, C140/16/17. s. and h. of Robert Warre (d.1465) of Hestercombe by Christine (fl.1465), da. of Richard Hankford† (d.1419) of Hewish, Devon, and sis. of (Sir) Richard Hankford*. m. by July 1440, Joan (d. 28 July 1499), da. of (Sir) John Stourton II*, afterwards Lord Stourton, C140/84/37; CIPM Hen. VII, ii. 320, 321, 368. s.p.
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Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 8 Nov. 1452–5 Nov. 1453. HP Biogs. ed. Wedgwood and Holt, 923, incorrectly listed him as sheriff again in 1457–8, but this was his fa. Robert Warre: PRO List ‘Sheriffs’, 123.

Commr. of array, Som. June 1470; inquiry, Dorset, Som. June 1473 (lands of Philip Beaumont).

Main residences: Hestercombe in Kingston, Som.; Pitton, Wilts.
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WARNER, Robert (d.1439), of London and Hayes, Mdx.

Family and Education
s. and h. of Robert Warner of Gestingthorpe, Essex, by his w. Alice, wid. of – Howe. Essex RO, Child, Tylney, Long and Wellesley mss, D/DCw/T41/1; Cart. St. Bartholomew’s Hosp. ed. Kerling, no. 1144; C44/28/2, f. 2. m. (1) Cecily; (2) by July 1415, Eleanor; C67/37, m. 33. (3) June/Nov. 1432, Margaret Roos (d.1442), wid. of John atte Wood and Davide Galganetti (d.1428) of Lucca and London; Cal. Letter Bk. London, K, 77; Guildhall Lib., London, commissary ct. wills, 9171/4, f. 103v. 2da. C44/28/2. It is not certain whether Warner’s daughters were the children of his first or second wife, but at the time of his death Elizabeth, his da. and h., was said to be aged 36 and more: C139/90/12.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Mdx. 1414 (Nov.), 1417, 1419, 1420, 1421 (May), 1421 (Dec.), 1422, 1423, 1426, 1427, 1429, 1435, 1437.

Crown bailiff, Mdx. by 1403. KB9/186/9.

Commr. of weirs, Mdx. Feb. 1405; to treat for loans Nov. 1419, Jan. 1420; of inquiry July 1420 (illegal disseisin); to assess a grant Apr. 1431. E159/208, recorda Mich. rot. 13.

Under sheriff, Mdx. by 1408–1428. E13/123, rot. 22; C219/12/5; KB145/6/6; KB29/52, rot. 4; N.L. Ramsay, ‘The English Legal Profession’ (Cambridge Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1985), p. xliii; Westminster Abbey muns. 18629, 18630, 19903.

Main residences: London; Hayes, Mdx.
Warener, Warrener, Waryner
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